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Diffuse Color
Vase has a mapped diffuse color.
The diffuse color is the color that an object reflects when illuminated by "good
lighting," that is, by direct daylight or artificial light that makes the object
easy to see.
When we describe an object's color in conversation, we usually mean its diffuse
color.
The choice of an ambient color depends on the kind of lighting: for moderate
indoor lighting it can be a darker shade of the diffuse color, but for bright
indoor lighting and for daylight, it should be the complement of the primary
(key) light source. The specular color should be either the same color as the
key light source, or a high-value low-saturation version of the diffuse color.
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